The Slingshot: Saudi dialogue; Evangelical women; Putin’s slur

Kowthar Musa Alarbash, a Saudi blogger and member of the kingdom’s advisory Shura Council, addresses an interreligious conference in Vienna on February 27, 2018. Behind her are the flags of the Holy See, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Spain and the conference sponsor, the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue. RNS photo by Tom Heneghan

Ebbing enthusiasm

The president’s support among white evangelical women in recent surveys has dropped about 13 percentage points, to 60 percent, compared with about a year ago. (Subscription may be required.) More from New York Times

Blame game

Putin’s remarks came during a long and occasionally surreal interview with NBC News, in which he speculated that nearly anyone other than the Russian government could have been behind a program to disrupt the election. (Subscription may be required.) More from The Washington Post

Going clear

The church announced that the Scientology Network will debut Monday, with programming available on DirecTV, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, iTunes, Google Play and the website Scientology.tv. More from USA Today

Long read

Christians become one interest group among many, scrambling for benefits at the expense of others rather than seeking the welfare of the whole, writes Michael Gerson in the new issue of the Atlantic. More from The Atlantic